I en 2007 intervju med PotterCast sa Rowling att trollkarlen är mycket mer oroad över blodrenhet än med sexuell läggning, även om den i slutändan kommer ner till en individnivå (betonar min):
MA: We wanna talk about Dumbledore so bad. We know that you've created worldwide intrigue when you said that he is gay. But I wanted to ask you about homosexuality in the Wizarding World in general. Is it a taboo?
JKR: Now, that's something I never thought of. I would think that that would be-- it would be exactly what it is in the Muggle World. But the greatest taboo in the Wizarding World is, well, for some wizards... I mean if we're talking about prejudiced people within the Wizarding World, what they care most about is your blood status. So I think you could be, um, gay, pure-blood, and totally without any kind of criticism from the Lucius Malfoys of the world. I don't think that would be something that would interest him in the slightest. But, you know, I can't answer for all witches and wizards because I think in matters of the heart, it would be directly parallel to our world.
Den intervjun gör att det låter som om det är något som inte talas om, men det kommer inte heller att få människor att bränna bilder på gräsmattan eller något.
Rowling tweeted ett svar till en fan som starkt innebär att Hogwarts var en säker plats för HBT-studenter:
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@agentqvake1: do you think there are a lot of LGBT students in modern age Hogwarts? I like to imagine they formed an LGBT club
@agentqvake: It's safe to assume that Hogwarts had a variety of people and I like to think it's a safe place for LGBT students
@jk_rowling: But of course
Detäroklarturdennatweetomdettagodkännandevarutbrett;DetärheltmöjligtattHogwartsvarensäkerplatsbaraförattDumbledorehölldetpådetsättet,ellerförattdetvarattityderhöllshemligafrånrestenavTrolldomslivet.Men en annan tweet tweet föreslår att guiderna handlar om den blodrenheten och citerar, "ge inte en jävla" om sexualitetsdiskriminering:
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@_Paaulaisadora: Unfortunately even the most powerful wizard in history is discriminated against for their sexual orientation
@jk_rowling: Only by ludicrous Muggles. The wizards don't give a damn - it's all about the magic for them.
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